This article is about the Mongol head of the Chagatai Khanate. For the head of the Ilkhanate, see Hulagu Khan

Hulagu Khan

Hulagu Khan, also known as Hülegü, Hulegu , was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Southwest Asia...

Qara Hülëgü (died 1252) was head of the ulus of the Chagatai Khanate

Chagatai Khanate

The Chagatai Khanate was a Turko-Mongol khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan , second son of the Great Khan Genghis Khan, and his descendents and successors...

 (1242 - 1246, 1252). He was the son of Mö'etüken, and a grandson of Chagatai Khan

Chagatai Khan

Chagatai Khan was the second son of Genghis Khan and first khan and origin of the names of the Chagatai Khanate, Chagatai language and Chagatai Turks....

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Qara Hülëgü was nominated by Chagatai Khan, as well as Ögedei Khan

Ögedei Khan

Ögedei Khan, born Ögedei was the third son of Genghis Khan and second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire by succeeding his father...

, to become khan. Since he was still young, Ebuskun

Ebuskun

Ebuskun served as regent for the Central Asian Mongol Empire from 1242 until 1246 for the minor Qara Hülëgü. She lost power when Güyük Khan replaced Qara Hülëgü with Möngke Khan....

 acted as regent for him. In order to ensure his power, however, the Grand Khan Güyük Khan

Güyük Khan

Güyük was the third Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. As the eldest son of Ögedei Khan and a grandson of Genghis Khan, he reigned from 1246 to 1248...

 deposed him in 1246 and replaced him with one of Qara Hülëgü's uncles, Yesü Möngke

Yesü Möngke

Yesü Möngke was head of the ulus of the Chagatai Khanate . He was the son of Chagatai Khan.In or around 1246, he was appointed as khan of the Chagatai Khanate by his cousin the Great Khan Güyük Khan, whom he was friends with, following the deposition of Qara Hülëgü...

. However, following the ascension of Güyük's successor, Möngke Khan

Möngke Khan

Möngke Khan , born Möngke, , was the fourth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from July 1, 1251 – August 11, 1259. He was the first Great Khan from the Toluid line, and made significant reforms to improve the administration of the Empire during his reign...

, Qara Hülëgü gained the Great Khan's favor by supporting him in his purges of the family of Ögedei Khan. He was restored to his position of Chagatai Khan, but died before returning to his realm. Mongke permitted his wife Orghana

Orghana

Orghana was an Oirat princess of the Mongol Empire and Empress of the Chagatai Khanate. She was a descendant of Qutuqi Beki, chief of the Oirats and Chechigyen, daughter of Genghis Khan....

 Khatun to serve as regent

Regent

A regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu...

. Qara Hülëgü was later succeeded by his son Mubarak Shah

Mubarak Shah

Mubarak Shah was head of the Chagatai Khanate . He was the son of Qara Hülëgü and Ergene Khatun, of the Mongol empire....

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